Our Purpose  At Xero, we’re here to help you supercharge your business. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, we’re not only making life better for small business, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world. How you’ll make an impact This role is responsible for leading a team that is made up of Partner Consultants and Implementation Consultants. The Partner Consulting team consists of field based and office based team members, focussed on presales and post sales consultancy and implementation. The Partner Consulting Senior Manager is responsible for leading the team, helping them to achieve their targets and KPIs and ensuring our Accounting and Bookkeeping Partners receive the support and guidance they need to succeed. The role draws on experience and proven, dynamic leadership accompanied by knowledge of the accounting marketplace. You will own and build Xero’s consulting and product adoption experience with IPMT.  It carries responsibility for a significant proportion of Xero business across EMEA In this role you will play a key part in reviewing and implementing best in class methodology, technologies and tools to enable Xero partners to be as effective across their Xero client implementations as possible. This role will work strategically with the rest of the business functions including Sales and Marketing to ensure alignment and success. You will also be managing your team to set metrics. What you’ll do

Ownership of the EMEA consulting & implementation strategy, revenue target, processes and procedures

Manage a team of Partner and Implementation Consultants providing strong leadership, coaching and mentoring and direct their activation, productivity and effectiveness

Motivate, coach and mentor team members in the field, championing consulting process and best practice, driving productivity and effectiveness

You will own and build Xero’s consulting and product adoption experience with IPMT

Work with other Xero stakeholders on our Partner Services messaging, raising visibility and managing external and internal expectations

Stay ahead of and proactively own industry trends and the competitive landscape, keeping key stakeholders across developments and opportunities

Provide insights and recommendations to relevant stakeholders to develop both the regional and global consulting strategy

Develop and maintain Partner self-service tools and information to provide a professional Partner Resources repository and ensure partner awareness

Agree and manage service levels externally and internallyEnsure our Partner Consulting offering coincides with our strategic objectives and oversee the development of new services or content where required

Manage skills share across the Partner Consultant team to ensure consistent service levels

Compile feedback and learnings from partners and deliver through appropriate channels across the business

Drive collaboration with other Xero functions such as Product, Marketing and Education

Share best practices with other Partner Consultant Management in each country

Responsible for overall people management of your team including the ongoing performance management, professional skills development, coaching and career progression of the team

Deliver timely and accurate forecasts and associated reporting

Monitor activity, deliver feedback and provide hands-on process improvement

Carefully monitor competition across the EMEA  markets and provide valuable, timely and insightful input into competitive strategy

Facilitate team meetings, fostering the sharing of ideas and a strong team spirit

Work with leadership to shape and develop our culture, uphold our values, understand and promote our vision.

Promote Xero as a thought leader via the creation of content. eg Blogs, social media, webinars, events, and media engagement

This is a hybrid role which will require fairly frequent travel to Xero offices with occasional overnight stays

Success looks like

Achieving activation targets, KPIs and utilization metrics

Delivering consistency and predictability within the Partner Consulting Team

Building excellent relationships with internal cross-functional stakeholders

Build processes and tools to execute the long term strategy of the Solutions Consulting team across EMEA

Overseeing exceptional service levels to Partners

A high performing, engaged and motivated team

What you’ll bring with you

Knowledge of day to day operation of an Accounting Firm would be a real advantage.

Experience of people management would be desirable.

Coaching and/or mentoring experience.

Working to metricsCRM Usage

2 years experience in a partner and/or practice consulting role

Proven success in building strong commercial relationships

Outstanding communication and presentation skills

Drives other teams to support delivery of outcomes that are commercially beneficial to Consulting and Xero

To be process driven and willing to take ownership

Ability to inject operational rigour into the consulting organisation

Passion and desire to make a difference

Determination to succeed

Proven ability to use data and insights to facilitate your team to achieve its targets

Knowledge of Xero